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Mystery, Classicism, Elegance: an Endless Chase After Magic

In: M.C. Escher’s Legacy

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  • Douglas R. Hofstadter

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I am turning the pages of the large volume M.C. Escher: His Life and Complete Graphic Work, which I bought many, many years ago. I quickly flip past Metamorphosis, Sky and Water, Drawing Hands, Relativity, Waterfall, Belvedere, Print Gallery, and many others — the familiar works that first grabbed me with a sudden, irresistible, visual pull (most of them awarded a full page or at least a half-page in that book), works that truly intoxicated me half a lifetime ago -and my eye is instead caught by much smaller images, images of Mediterranean seascapes or Italian hilltowns, images of a tree or a snow-covered barn, images that seem far simpler and far less eye-grabbing, far less interesting than those for which M.C. Escher has become world-famous.

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  • Douglas R. Hofstadter, 2003. "Mystery, Classicism, Elegance: an Endless Chase After Magic," Springer Books, in: Doris Schattschneider & Michele Emmer (ed.), M.C. Escher’s Legacy, pages 24-51, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-28849-7_4
    DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28849-X_4
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